Improvement in nutmeg-graters



C. P. CHASE.

Nutmeg-Grater.

No. 222,454. Patented Dec. 9,1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

CHARLES F. CHASE, OF NORTH WEARE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IMPROVEMENT IN NUTM EG-GRATERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,454, dated December 9,1879; application filed May 22, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, OHARLEs FoLsoM CHASE, of North Weare, in the county of Hillsborough and Stateof New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nutmeg-Graters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification- Figure 1 being a front view of the nutmeggrater; Fig. 2, a cross-section thereof, in. a plane indicated by the line 00 :r, Fig. 1; Figs. 3, 4, and 5, partial or entire front views, showing different modes of constructing the grater, the invention being substantially the same in all; Fig. 6, a view showing the mode of applying the fnain feature of the invention to a revolving grater. Figs. 7 and 8 are views showing different modes of forming the serrated metal plates, forming one element of the in- Fig. 9 is a partial side View of the grater, corresponding with the construction shown in Fig. 1

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

the grater, and D its handles which may be made hollow, to hold one or more nutmegs, as

shown in Fig. 1.

Into the bodyC, which is cheaply and conveniently made of wood, a narrow slot or cavity is formed in the front surface, either by simple sawing,- as indicated in Fig. 4, and entirely crossing the body, or formed in other ways,as indicated in other figures. This slot or cavity is formed in an oblique direction in the face of the body, as shown, to give an oblique action to the grating when the nutmeg is passed longitudinally over the grater.

The serrated-edged sheet-metal plates are represented as applied in two ways. As shown in Figs. 4: and 6, they are placed upon the outer face of. the grater-body, the serrated edges A having been turned up, as shown in Fig. 8, and the body or flange A of the plates being secured, by screws or otherwise, to the grater-body. As shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 5, the plates having been simply serrated, as indicated in Fig. 7, are applied at the sides of the notch or cavity of the body, the serrations simply projecting. These plates may be set as indicated in Fig. 9.

One or two plates may be used grater.

Fig. 6 indicates the application of the slotsand serrated plates to the face of a revolving disk. The other views show a simple handgrater.

This grateris very simple and cheap in construction, is durable, and works freely and rapidly. It does not clog like the perforated graters, the particles of nutmeg being mostly caught in the cavity by the side of the serrated edges.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a nutmeg-grater, the combination, with the frame, of the plates B B set obliquely in the path or body of the grater, and with opposite serrated edges projecting above the said path, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

for each cnAntEs F. CHASE.

Witnesses DANIEL BREED, W. B GovE. 

